War News from Sebastopol A Terrible Winter Report
News from the Crimea up to January 11 describes brutal cold rain snow and mud in the trenches. Soldiers suffer frostbite dysentery and starvation while supplies must cross a six to ten mile road from Balaklava to the heights. Allied couriers note insufficient shelter and food despite plenty shipped, with cries for better commissariat and logistics amid heavy casualties.
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Sebastopol
Scutari
London
Strand
Times
Ourmarch
Corps d
Thamp de Bataille
Porte St. Martin
Crimea
Conservatoire de Paris
la Société
Lord Raglan
Rae ‘Avilander
Tion
Alma
Inkerman
Balaklava Harbour
Sebastopol Heights
England
Balaklava
Commissariat
French Accounts and News From the Mediterannean
Telegraphic dispatches from Montebello report the Descartes arriving at Constantinople with 1000 men and supplies, plus the Trident and Gorgon. Omer Pasha travels to Balaklava, Primauguet to France, and a Russian sortie at the parallel near battery 19 is repulsed with many killed. Temperatures fall then mild, snow thawing.
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Montebello
Descartes
Constantinople
Trident
Omer Pasha
Kamiesch
Balaklava
France
Siege notes from Sebastopol reveal trench progress and fort focus
A Moniteur de Caene letter dated before Sebastopol details Russian probing attacks of January 11 12 and our counter losses. It describes fortifications Flagstaff Bastion Quarantine Fort and the Quarantine faubourg the ravines and the harbour view with the town deserted and battalions bivouacking in squares. It notes Russian courtesy during a flag of truce a trench end meeting and captures of shells cannon-balls and bone filled catacombs. The report from Presse d Orient adds winter hardships with snow and heavy animal losses at Sebastopol.
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Moniteur de
Wingstaff
Sebastopol
Lourmel
Fanbourg
Church of St. Vladimir
Presse d’Orient
Constantinople
Chasseurs Afrique Celebrated At Headquarters
The Chasseurs are praised for their splendid display and morale at headquarters. An English nobleman is said to have sent General Canrobert provisions wines and preserves, a gesture admired and affecting the General. Acclaim greeted Canrobert as he reviewed the troops amid allied artillery in position.
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M‘bayne
17Th Foot
88Th
Royal Horse Artillery
Balaklava
the Times
Inkerman
Menschikoff
Sebastopol
Buller
97Th
Ramsbottom
Canrobert
England
Drapean
la Bréche
Isons Particuliéres
Votes of Thanks to Allied Armies Published at Sebastopol
General Orders from the Heights above Sebastopol praise the troops for Alma and Inkerman victories, with Parliament thanks to British and French forces. Lord Raglan and General Carruthbert convey allied recognition and pledge closer ties, read aloud at Sebastopol in early January 1855.
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Sebastopol
House of Lords
House of Commons
Lord Raglan
United Kingdom
Parliament
Carrthbert
Alma
Inkerman
Canrobert
Great Britain
England
Chambers of Peers and
Commons
Almna
Star
Raglan and Crimean correspondents defy censorship
The Morning Herald Crimean correspondent cites warnings to two papers that publishing troop conditions risks expulsion from the service. He argues that reporting sickness, inadequate provisions, or mismanagement would aid the enemy, noting military authorities resist free press and public opinion.
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Raglan
Morning Journals
Morning Herald
Preas
Crimea
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Mediterranean
J. B.B. Estcourt
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